We are actually developing Echo to be more than just a dating robot - we want it to connect all sorts of people who might discover a common interest. After living in Boston for several years, we grew frustrated with the urban isolation we experienced after trying to strike up conversations in parks and on trains; our hope for Echo is that people will start interacting more with the people around them. Think of it as something like a physical implementation of social networking.
The cute bear just happened to be our first prototype. The actual product's form is only limited by the imagination, and we have a few other form factors (not just stuffed animals, either) in progress in the lab right now.
Echo Robotics was developed at Olin College of Engineering as a submission for an international design competition, and we are in the process of developing the technological and business aspects of the device right now. If you want to learn more or talk to us, check out http://www.echorobotics.com or email us at echo (at) echorobotics (dot) com; we'd love to hear from you.
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We are actually developing Echo to be more than just a dating robot - we want it to connect all sorts of people who might discover a common interest. After living in Boston for several years, we grew frustrated with the urban isolation we experienced after trying to strike up conversations in parks and on trains; our hope for Echo is that people will start interacting more with the people around them. Think of it as something like a physical implementation of social networking.
The cute bear just happened to be our first prototype. The actual product's form is only limited by the imagination, and we have a few other form factors (not just stuffed animals, either) in progress in the lab right now.
Echo Robotics was developed at Olin College of Engineering as a submission for an international design competition, and we are in the process of developing the technological and business aspects of the device right now. If you want to learn more or talk to us, check out http://www.echorobotics.com or email us at echo (at) echorobotics (dot) com; we'd love to hear from you.